Ryan Specialty (RYAN) Competitors

Ryan Specialty (NYSE:RYAN) and Manulife Financial (NYSE:MFC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, RYAN or MFC?

Manulife Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Ryan Specialty. Manulife Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ryan Specialty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ryan Specialty	$2.81B	5.29	$94.67M	$0.35	161.35
Manulife Financial	$38.90B	1.34	$4.11B	$2.24	13.74

Which has more volatility & risk, RYAN or MFC?

Ryan Specialty has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manulife Financial has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer RYAN or MFC?

Ryan Specialty currently has a consensus target price of $74.83, indicating a potential upside of 32.51%. Manulife Financial has a consensus target price of $48.50, indicating a potential upside of 57.54%. Given Manulife Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Manulife Financial is more favorable than Ryan Specialty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ryan Specialty	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Manulife Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is RYAN or MFC more profitable?

Manulife Financial has a net margin of 10.46% compared to Ryan Specialty's net margin of 6.81%. Ryan Specialty's return on equity of 48.70% beat Manulife Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ryan Specialty	6.81%	48.70%	5.59%
Manulife Financial	10.46%	15.77%	0.74%

Does the media refer more to RYAN or MFC?

In the previous week, Ryan Specialty had 2 more articles in the media than Manulife Financial. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Ryan Specialty and 8 mentions for Manulife Financial. Manulife Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Ryan Specialty's score of 1.22 indicating that Manulife Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ryan Specialty	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Manulife Financial	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RYAN or MFC a better dividend stock?

Ryan Specialty pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Manulife Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Ryan Specialty pays out 137.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Manulife Financial pays out 56.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ryan Specialty has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Manulife Financial has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Manulife Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of RYAN or MFC?

84.8% of Ryan Specialty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.6% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.2% of Ryan Specialty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Manulife Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Manulife Financial beats Ryan Specialty on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.